“I was recovering from that excitement of seeing her, and then just trying to bury all this frenzy of nerves and white noise and trying to speak articulately and, of course, you then forget everything but it just felt like a euphoria really, an extraordinary euphoria. It’s something I will not forget in a hurry,” he said.

Needless to say, Eddie Redmayne was beyond excited to win his very first for playing Stephen Hawking, but likely not the last, Oscar recognition. In his acceptance speech, he said the award is for ALS sufferers worldwide and said he would keep good care of the statuette on their behalf.